A General Definition of the Lorenz Curve

DOI10.2307/1909675zbMath0245.62082OpenAlexW2009633723MaRDI QIDQ5657574

Joseph L. Gastwirth

Publication date: 1971

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1909675

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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